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'D' Squadron, 5 Troop, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), Khatatba, Egypt, 1942

Photograph compiled by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, North Africa, 1942.

Formal photograph of soldiers at Khatatba, a village north west of Cairo.Some of the soldiers are named as follows, 'Tom Moore', 'Machin', 'McCracken' and 'Hockless'.

In September 1942 the Sharpshooters, having suffered heavy losses, were pulled out of the front line. The regiment was moved to Mareopolis and then to Khatatba where the unit was re-equipped, trained and reinforced.

In early 1943 the regiment was moved to Cowley Camp at Mena, near Cairo, where it undertook training until July 1943 prior to Operation HUSKY, the amphibious operation to invade the island of Sicily.

From an album containing 216 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1975-03-63-10-6

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1975-03-63-10-6